Chaff cutter

This lovely piece of old machinery is a chaff cutter (I think). It was in a horse paddock in an area of Central Otago called Matakanui. This area was part of the gold rush, but is now used for sheep farming. It's a very dry area of NZ.

[julia]

Fantastic shot.. wow that is very dry .. hope they are getting some of the rain that we are getting at the moment....

[Tony Guest (snoopybooboo)]

That's fantastic Dianne. Fav.

[Dianne]

@tellefella will like this one.

[Sgt. Pepper]

What a fabulous piece of machinery.

[Yao RL]

what a treasure.

[Rachel]

Great shot!

[Issi Bannerman]

What a great rusty old piece of machinery! Wonderful views behind too. Nice capture.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A beautiful old piece of farm machinery with its rusty parts and the weathered wooden parts

[👑 AnaZad]

Great old piece and wonderful comment.

[Joyce]

Lovely capture of this antique machinery

[Peter]

Beautiful rural image Dianne, great pov, dof and lovely colours, I agree with you its an old mobile belt driven Chaff Cutter, manufactured 1900 - 1940 information on show in Powerhouse Museum in Sydney:)

[sally agnew]

Great piece of machinery :)

[Margaret Obey]

What an amazing piece of farming machinery and in a great landscape.

[Sheralee S]

Interesting contraption, nicely shot.

[Fisher Family]

A nice shot of this wonderful piece of old machinery!

Ian

[Nicole]

beautiful historical piece and on what a great place!

[Elsie T]

Love this capture the scene and the machine

[Margaret Brown]

Love it, really looks like a vintage photo, so historical

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of those lovely old machinery and the beautiful country

[Denise fuller]

great composition

[Call me Joe]

Brilliant capture!!

[Kathie]

Looks like a complex piece of equipment. Complex design.

[Maggie]

Lovely rural landscape shot encapsulating the hot dry central Otago summers. Fav.

[Irene]

I love industrial archaeology, lovely shot

[Denise Wood]

Great old shot :)

[Barb Newcomb]

Great capture.